Great Apes' risk-taking strategies in a decision making task

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Haun, Daniel B M ^a,b,c   Nawroth, Christian ^a   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APE; ARTICLE; BONOBO; CHIMPANZEE; DECISION MAKING; GORILLA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; ANIMAL; HOMINID; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; HOMINIDAE; RISK-TAKING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83755221005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028801     Document Type: Article

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